Exodus 25:1-40, Exodus 30:1-38 - LSB - Legacy Standard Bible

Exodus 25:1-40

Contributions for the Sanctuary

Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “^aSpeak with the sons of Israel so that they take a ¹contribution for Me; ^bfrom every man whose heart is willing you shall take My ¹contribution. 3 And this is the ¹contribution which you shall take from them: gold, silver, and bronze, 4 ¹^ablue, purple, and scarlet material, fine linen, goat hair, 5 rams’ skins dyed red, porpoise skins, acacia wood, 6 ^aoil for lighting, ^bspices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, 7 onyx stones, and setting stones for the ^aephod and for the ¹^bbreastpiece. 8 And let them ^amake a sanctuary for Me, ^bthat I may dwell among them. 9 ^aAccording to all that I am going to show you, as the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furniture, just so you shall make it.

The Ark of the Testimony

10 “^aAnd they shall make an ark of acacia wood two and a half ¹cubits ²long, and one and a half cubits ³wide, and one and a half cubits ⁴high. 11 You shall ^aoverlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and you shall make a gold molding ¹around it. 12 You shall cast four gold rings for it and ¹fasten them on its four feet, and two rings shall be on one side of it and two rings on the other side of it. 13 You shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. 14 You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark with them. 15 The ^apoles shall ¹remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be removed from it. 16 You shall ^aput into the ark the testimony which I shall give you.
17 “You shall ^amake a ¹mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half ²cubits ³long and one and a half cubits ⁴wide. 18 You shall make two cherubim of gold; make them of hammered work ¹at the two ends of the mercy seat. 19 Make one cherub ¹at one end and one cherub ¹at the other end; from one piece you shall make the mercy seat with the cherubim at its two ends. 20 ^aThe cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another; the faces of the cherubim are to be toward the mercy seat. 21 ^aYou shall put the mercy seat ¹on top of the ark, and ^bin the ark you shall put the testimony which I will give to you. 22 ^aThere I will meet with you; and from above the mercy seat, from ^bbetween the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, I will speak to you about all which I will command you for the sons of Israel.

Bread of the Presence

23 “^aYou shall make a table of acacia wood, two ¹cubits ²long and one cubit ³wide and one and a half cubits ⁴high. 24 You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a gold ^aborder around it. 25 You shall make for it a rim of a ¹handbreadth around it; and you shall make a gold border for the rim around it. 26 You shall make four gold rings for it and put rings on the four corners which are on its four feet. 27 The rings shall be close to the rim as holders for the poles to carry the table. 28 You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that with them the table may be carried. 29 You shall make its ¹^adishes and its pans and its jars and its offering bowls with which to pour drink offerings; you shall make them of pure gold. 30 You shall set ^athe bread of the ¹Presence on the table before Me ²at all times.

The Golden Lampstand

31 “^aThen you shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand, its base, and its shaft are to be made of hammered work; its cups, its ¹bulbs, and its flowers shall be ²of the same piece. 32 ^aSix branches shall go out from its sides; three branches of the lampstand from its one side and three branches of the lampstand from its ¹other side. 33 ^aThree cups shall be shaped like almond blossoms in the one branch, a ¹bulb and a flower, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms in the ²other branch, a ¹bulb and a flower—so for the six branches going out from the lampstand; 34 and ^ain the lampstand four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its ¹bulbs and its flowers. 35 ^aAnd a ¹bulb shall be under the first pair of branches coming out of it, and a ¹bulb under the second pair of branches coming out of it, and a ¹bulb under the third pair of branches coming out of it, for the six branches coming out of the lampstand. 36 ^aTheir ¹bulbs and their branches shall be ²of the same piece; all of it shall be one piece of hammered work of pure gold. 37 Then you shall make its lamps seven in number; and ^athey shall ¹mount its lamps so as to shed light on the space in front of it. 38 And its tongs and ¹their trays shall be of pure gold. 39 It shall be made from a ¹talent of pure gold, with all these utensils. 40 ^aAnd see that you make them ^bafter the pattern for them, which was shown to you on the mountain.

Exodus 30:1-38

The Altar of Incense

“Moreover, you shall make ^aan altar as a place for burning incense; you shall make it of acacia wood. 2 Its length shall be a ¹cubit, and its width a cubit; it shall be square. And its height shall be two cubits; its horns shall be ²of the same piece. 3 You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top and its ¹sides all around, and its horns; and you shall make a gold molding all around for it. 4 You shall make two gold rings for it under its molding; you shall make them on its two side walls—on ¹opposite sides—and ²they shall be holders for poles with which to carry it. 5 You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. 6 You shall put ¹this altar in front of the veil that is ²near the ark of the testimony, in front of the ³^amercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with you. 7 Aaron shall burn fragrant incense on it; he shall burn it every morning when he trims the lamps. 8 When Aaron ¹trims the lamps ²at twilight, he shall burn incense. There shall be continual incense before Yahweh throughout your generations. 9 You shall not offer any strange incense on ¹this altar or burnt offering or grain offering; and you shall not pour out a drink offering on it. 10 Aaron shall ^amake atonement on its horns once a year; he shall make atonement on it with the blood of the sin offering of atonement once a year throughout your generations. It is most holy to Yahweh.”

The Census and the Atonement Price

11 Yahweh also spoke to Moses, saying, 12 “When you take ^aa ¹census of the sons of Israel ²to number them, then each one of them shall give ^ba price of atonement for ³himself to Yahweh when you ⁴number them, so that there will be no plague among them when you ⁴number them. 13 This is what everyone who ¹is numbered shall give: half a ²shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (^athe shekel is twenty ³gerahs), half a shekel as a ⁴contribution to Yahweh. 14 Everyone who ¹is numbered, from twenty years old and over, shall give the ²contribution to Yahweh. 15 The rich shall not pay more and the poor shall not pay less than the half shekel when you give the ¹contribution to Yahweh to make atonement for your souls. 16 And you shall take the atonement money from the sons of Israel and shall give it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may be a remembrance for the sons of Israel before Yahweh, to make atonement for your souls.”

The Laver for the Priestly Washing

17 And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 18 “You shall also make ^aa laver of ¹bronze, with its stand of bronze, for washing; and you shall ^bput it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it. 19 And Aaron and his sons shall ^awash their hands and their feet from it; 20 when they come into the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, so that they will not die; or when they approach the altar to minister, by offering up in smoke a fire sacrifice to Yahweh. 21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they will not die; and ^ait shall be a perpetual statute for them, for ¹Aaron and his seed throughout their generations.”

The Holy Anointing Oil

22 Moreover, Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 23 “But as for you, take for yourself the finest of spices: of flowing myrrh 500 shekels, and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, 250, and of fragrant cane 250, 24 and of cassia 500, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a ¹hin. 25 And you shall make ¹of these a holy anointing oil, a perfume mixture, the work of a perfumer; it shall be ^aa holy anointing oil. 26 And with it ^ayou shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony, 27 and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense, 28 and the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the laver and its stand. 29 You shall also set them apart as holy, that they may be most holy; whatever touches them shall be holy. 30 ^aAnd you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and you shall set them apart as holy, that they may minister as priests to Me. 31 And you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations. 32 It shall not be poured on ¹anyone’s body, nor shall you make any like it in ²the same specifications; ^ait is holy, and it shall be holy to you. 33 ^aWhoever shall mix any like it or whoever puts any of it on a ¹layman ²^bshall be cut off from his people.’”

The Incense

34 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Take for yourself fragrances, stacte and onycha and galbanum, fragrances with pure frankincense; there shall be an equal part of each. 35 With it you shall make incense, a perfume, the work of a perfumer, salted, pure, and holy. 36 You shall beat some of it very fine, and you shall put part of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting ^awhere I will meet with you; it shall be most holy to you. 37 The incense which you shall make, ^ayou shall not make in ¹the same specifications for yourselves; it shall be holy to you for Yahweh. 38 ^aWhoever shall make any like it, to ¹use as perfume, ²shall be cut off from his people.”